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|
|
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Direct
Property Damage|
(in Millions)
|
|
Years
|
Fires
|
Civilian Deaths
|
Civilian Injuries
|
As Reported
|
In 2015 Dollars
|
|
1980
|
143,500
|
1,025
|
3,600
|
$401
|
$1,155
|
|
1981
|
137,000
|
970
|
4,250
|
$415
|
$1,080
|
|
1982
|
116,500
|
860
|
4,700
|
$353
|
$866
|
|
1983
|
102,000
|
845
|
4,300
|
$413
|
$982
|
|
1984
|
99,500
|
785
|
3,650
|
$417
|
$950
|
|
1985
|
104,500
|
865
|
3,925
|
$476
|
$1,047
|
|
1986
|
97,500
|
650
|
3,925
|
$472
|
$1,021
|
|
1987
|
103,500
|
790
|
4,765
|
$521
|
$1,086
|
|
1988
|
106,000
|
830
|
4,950
|
$548
|
$1,099
|
|
1989
|
96,000
|
790
|
5,050
|
$541
|
$1,035
|
|
1990
|
95,500
|
680
|
4,975
|
$623
|
$1,131
|
|
1991
|
101,500
|
595
|
5,675
|
$6091
|
$1,0591
|
|
1992
|
101,000
|
545
|
5,825
|
$597
|
$1,009
|
|
1993
|
100,000
|
685
|
6,300
|
$6532
|
$1,0712
|
|
1994
|
97,000
|
640
|
5,475
|
$678
|
$1,084
|
|
1995
|
94,000
|
605
|
5,200
|
$649
|
$1,009
|
|
1996
|
93,000
|
565
|
5,175
|
$748
|
$1,131
|
|
1997
|
93,000
|
660
|
5,000
|
$718
|
$1,060
|
|
1998
|
86,500
|
445
|
5,000
|
$631
|
$918
|
|
1999
|
88,500
|
520
|
4,500
|
$842
|
$1,197
|
|
2000
|
84,500
|
500
|
4,400
|
$886
|
$1,220
|
|
2001
|
88,000
|
460
|
3,800
|
$864
|
$1,157
|
|
2002
|
88,500
|
390
|
3,700
|
$926
|
$1,220
|
|
2003
|
91,500
|
410
|
3,650
|
$8973
|
$1,1563
|
|
2004
|
94,000
|
510
|
3,200
|
$885
|
$1,111
|
|
2005
|
94,000
|
460
|
3,000
|
$948
|
$1,150
|
|
2006
|
91,500
|
425
|
3,700
|
$896
|
$1,053
|
|
2007
|
98,500
|
515
|
3,950
|
$1,164
|
$1,329
|
|
2008
|
95,500
|
390
|
3,975
|
$1,3514
|
$1,4894
|
|
2009
|
90,000
|
465
|
3,350
|
$1,2255
|
$1,3535
|
|
2010
|
90,500
|
440
|
3,950
|
$1,003
|
$1,124
|
|
2011
|
95,500
|
415
|
4,425
|
$1,168
|
$1,232
|
|
2012
|
97,000
|
380
|
4,050
|
$1,192
|
$1,232
|
| 2013 |
98,000 |
325 |
3,900 |
$1,666 |
$1,694 |
| 2014 |
94,000 |
400 |
3,800 |
$982 |
$982 |
| 2015 |
95,000 |
405 |
3,025 |
$1,161 |
$1,161 |
Note: These are national estimates of fires reported to U.S. municipal fire departments and so exclude fires reported only to Federal or state agencies or industrial fire brigades. National estimates are projections. Casualty and loss projections can be heavily influenced by the inclusion or exclusion of one unusually serious fire. Fires are rounded to the nearest hundred, civilian deaths and injuries are rounded to the nearest ten, and direct property damage is rounded to the nearest million dollars.
1Does not include $1.5 billion in damage cause by the Oakland Fire Storm.
2Does not include $809 million in damage caused by Southern California wildfires.
3Does not include the Southern California wildfires with an estimated property damage of $2 billion.
4This does not include the California Fire Storm 2007 with an estimated property damage of $1.8 billion.
5Does not include the California wildfires 2008 with an estimated property damage of $1.4 billion.
Direct property damage figures do not include indirect losses, like business interruption.
Inflation adjustment to 2015 dollars is done using the consumer price index.
Source: Fire Loss in the United States 2015, Hylton J.G Haynes, NFPA, September 2016 and previous reports in the series.
Updated 9/16